Did Milosevic deliberately take wrong drug?
Newsweek
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The Hague (Netherlands):
The mystery around Slobodan Milosevic’s death deepened Monday when a toxicologist raised a third possibility besides poisoning or suicide: accidental death due to deliberate use of the wrong medication.
A preliminary autopsy report on Sunday showed the former Yugoslav leader died of a heart attack, but toxicology tests were still ongoing to establish its cause.
Dutch toxicologist Donald Uges said tests he conducted two weeks ago on Milosevic’s blood showed traces of rifampicin — a drug against leprosy and tuberculosis that would have made other medicines ineffective.
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“I don’t think he took his medicines for suicide — only for his trip to Moscow ... I think that was his last possibility to escape the Hague,” Uges said, referring to Milosevic’s attempts to get permission to leave his prison cell for treatment in Russia.Milosevic, who was 64, had a history of heart problems and high blood pressure, and took medications to treat those conditions.
ound dead in bed in his cell on Saturday, Milosevic had faced a possible life sentence over charges on 66 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes involving conflicts in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo as Yugoslavia imploded in the 1990s.
Mar 13, 2006
Newsweek
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The Hague (Netherlands):
The mystery around Slobodan Milosevic’s death deepened Monday when a toxicologist raised a third possibility besides poisoning or suicide: accidental death due to deliberate use of the wrong medication.
A preliminary autopsy report on Sunday showed the former Yugoslav leader died of a heart attack, but toxicology tests were still ongoing to establish its cause.
Dutch toxicologist Donald Uges said tests he conducted two weeks ago on Milosevic’s blood showed traces of rifampicin — a drug against leprosy and tuberculosis that would have made other medicines ineffective.
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See Also:
Russia questions Milosevic's preliminary autopsy findings
Milosevic May Have Tried to Get to Moscow
Moscow 'doesn't trust' post mortem
Milosevic jail under scrutiny
Belgrade funeral for Milosevic?
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“I don’t think he took his medicines for suicide — only for his trip to Moscow ... I think that was his last possibility to escape the Hague,” Uges said, referring to Milosevic’s attempts to get permission to leave his prison cell for treatment in Russia.Milosevic, who was 64, had a history of heart problems and high blood pressure, and took medications to treat those conditions.
ound dead in bed in his cell on Saturday, Milosevic had faced a possible life sentence over charges on 66 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes involving conflicts in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo as Yugoslavia imploded in the 1990s.
Mar 13, 2006